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None of the AI stuff really solves things like affordable housing or keeping wages up with inflation (or addressing inflation). It's not going to magically give
by vsareto 4y ago
None of the AI stuff really solves things like affordable housing or keeping wages up with inflation (or addressing inflation). It's not going to magically give us more energy without environmental impacts, or settle conflicts between countries.
Building another AI-marketed SaaS only benefits people who don't need those benefits. In all likelihood, it'll just give us more bullshit jobs.
- zikduruqe 4y agohttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullsh... I just heard of this the other day and it is in my queue.
- mountainriver 4y agoIt might, you can't possibly know that. If the coming AIs make humans twice as productive, then we've boosted our output tremendously.
- josho 4y agoOne way that we become twice as productive is to use half the labor. This is my fear that AI brings about—not huge gains for society, but huge gains for a small minority.
- mountainriver 4y agoAgain, unknown. If we look at history, technology that increases productivity is initially disruptive, then just frees up people to tackle bigger problems.
- djohnston 4y agoIf you look at worker productivity vs income, they have diverged sharply over the past 50 year. I have zero optimism that AI-driven productivity would improve the financial footing of the average citizen. It will likely just exacerbate existing social unrest as more jobs are automated.
- mountainriver 4y agoThe percentage of people working in US society has increased steadily since the 50's, and the income of individuals has also increased steadily over the same time frame. It may not exactly match productivity, but more people are working and people are earning substantially more than ever before. AI may be different, but its entirely likely that it will just continue this trend